buildup en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈbɪldʌp/
Etymology
Deverbal from build up.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
One of the pricetags of the U.S. military buildup is a lack of health care in poorer communities.
1988 December 11, Wickie Stamps, “Cambridge Conference Chronicles Anticommunism”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 3:There was a buildup of pressure in the boiler.
Snow buildup on roads makes for hazardous driving.
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(countable, uncountable) The construction of a composite core to repair a damaged tooth.
Blocking undercuts out with bonded flowable composite is an option, but the time involved doing a buildup, plus the additional complication to provisionalize, make this option less desirable (Figure 6.19e).
2017, Jose-Luis Ruiz, Supra-Gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry, page 103:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| build-up | alternative | lexicographic | |
| buildups | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (27)
tr büyüme (accumulation) · fr affluence (accumulation) · tr gelişme (accumulation) · fi kasautuma (accumulation) · de langsames Anwachsen (accumulation) · fr accumulation (accumulation) · tr artış (accumulation) · ro acumulare (accumulation) · sv ansamling (accumulation) · pl nagromadzenie się (accumulation) · es preámbulo (accumulation) · fi keräytymä (accumulation) · pl akumulacja (accumulation) · de Aufbau (accumulation) · fi kasauma (accumulation) · es proemio (accumulation) · tr geliştirme (accumulation) · fi kertymä (accumulation) · es exordio (accumulation) · es prolegómenos (accumulation) · de Zunahme (accumulation) · sv ackumulation (accumulation) · de allmähliche Entwicklung (accumulation) · de Ansammlung (accumulation) · de Anstieg (accumulation) · de schrittweise Entstehung (accumulation) · es prolegómeno (accumulation)